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Carter Holt Harvey brings shame to Kiwi name in Australia
Tuesday, 30 May 2017, 2:05 pm | E Tu
New Zealand’s largest private sector union is calling on New Zealand’s richest man, billionaire Graeme Hart, to stop giving New Zealand a bad name in his treatment of Australian workers. More >>
E tū supports parents cut adrift by IDEA Services
Friday, 7 April 2017, 1:45 pm | E Tu
E tū is working with the parents of intellectually disabled children in the Wairarapa as they prepare to fight cuts to IDEA Services. More >>
E tū urges delay to Top Energy job cuts
Wednesday, 15 March 2017, 1:02 pm | E Tu
E tū is seeking a halt to Top Energy’s plan to cut jobs, after a linesman suffered serious injuries in an incident in Kaitaia on Saturday. More >>
E tū pays tribute to Annette King following resignation
Wednesday, 1 March 2017, 1:06 pm | E Tu
E tū has paid tribute to the former Deputy Labour Leader, Annette King after her announcement that she is resigning her position and will leave parliament at the next election. More >>
E tū says no more delays over equal pay
Wednesday, 8 February 2017, 10:08 am | E Tu
E tū says it’s time to treat the women of New Zealand right, and there should be no more government delays over equal pay. More >>
General Cable closure devastating for local community
Tuesday, 13 December 2016, 12:28 pm | E Tu
E tū says the closure of General Cable in Christchurch is news its members have been dreading and the impact will be measured in more than just lost jobs. More >>
Gov't decision a welcome step towards equal pay for women
Thursday, 24 November 2016, 12:32 pm | E Tu
The union that won the historic equal pay case has welcomed the government’s decision to implement the pay equity principles agreed by employers and unions. More >>
Government urged to approve pay equity principles
Tuesday, 15 November 2016, 2:49 pm | E Tu
The union which won the historic equal pay case is urging the government to approve the pay equity principles agreed by unions and employers. More >>
E tū pays tribute to Helen Kelly
Friday, 14 October 2016, 10:51 am | E Tu
Helen was a visionary and an inspiration. Her legendary leadership, fierce determination and brilliant ideas will have an everlasting impact on workers in Aotearoa. More >>
E tū urges DHB’s to abandon Compass national food contract
Friday, 14 October 2016, 10:14 am | E Tu
E tū is urging DHBs to abandon the Compass national food contract and bring hospital food back in-house. E tū’s Industry Coordinator, Public and Commercial, Jill Ovens says the contract, first introduced in 2014, has failed to deliver the big savings ... More >>
More former Sistema workers blow whistle on conditions
Monday, 12 September 2016, 12:48 pm | E Tu
More former Sistema workers have come forward to speak out against the poor pay and conditions at Sistema. More >>
Key Chorus contractor walks away from fibre work
Monday, 29 August 2016, 10:28 am | E Tu
E tū says the decision by Downer to stop laying fibre for Chorus has exposed the poor treatment of Chorus contractors, and will jeopardise the sustainability of the new network. More >>
Air New Zealand staff recognised for record profit
Friday, 26 August 2016, 12:10 pm | E Tu
E tū and FARSA members at Air New Zealand will be celebrating a $2500 bonus today as the airline announces a record profit. The bonus is recognition of the role Air New Zealand employees working through their union have played in achieving a fantastic ... More >>
E tū working with Amcor to minimise job losses
Monday, 22 August 2016, 2:50 pm | E Tu
E tū will be working to minimise job losses and to support workers at Amcor Flexibles NZ Ltd, following today’s announcement that the firm’s Carmen Road plant is to close. More >>
E tū joins call for swift action over Chinese steel
Friday, 19 August 2016, 4:46 pm | E Tu
E tū has joined Pacific Steel in calling for immediate government action over alleged steel dumping by China. More >>
E tū appealing Court of Appeal ruling
Wednesday, 3 August 2016, 10:34 am | E Tu
E tū will be challenging a Court of Appeal ruling which reverses an Employment Court decision granting basic employment rights to respite homecare workers. More >>
Union vindicated over warnings of shoddy work on Chorus UFB
Wednesday, 6 July 2016, 10:40 am | E Tu
E tū says customer complaints about the shoddy workmanship on Chorus’s ultrafast broadband network vindicate quality concerns raised by the union months ago. More >>
Cape Foulwind cement works closure bad news for locals
Wednesday, 29 June 2016, 2:54 pm | E Tu
E tū members at Holcim’s Cape Foulwind cement works are hanging up their boots today as the plant closes its doors. More >>
E tū says hospital kitchen should pick up Meals on Wheels
Friday, 17 June 2016, 10:27 am | E Tu
The union, E tū, is urging the Counties Manukau DHB to consider the health of elderly Pukekohe residents, and tell its food services contractor, Compass, to resume freshly cooked Meals on Wheels. More >>
E tū critical of Thai contract for Sky City CC steel work
Wednesday, 8 June 2016, 11:20 am | E Tu
E tū Industry Co-ordinator, Joe Gallagher is urging greater protection for local jobs, after it emerged half the steel framing work on the SkyCity Convention Centre will be done in Thailand. More >>